<plugin_id>275</plugin_id>
<plugin_name>PostNuke detection</plugin_name>
<plugin_family>CGI</plugin_family>
<plugin_created_date>2004/11/16</plugin_created_date>
<plugin_created_name>Marc Ruef</plugin_created_name>
<plugin_created_email>marc dot ruef at computec dot ch</plugin_created_email>
<plugin_created_web>http://www.computec.ch</plugin_created_web>
<plugin_created_company>computec.ch</plugin_created_company>
<plugin_version>1.0</plugin_version>
<plugin_protocol>tcp</plugin_protocol>
<plugin_port>80</plugin_port>
<plugin_procedure_detection>open|send GET /index.php?module=Navigation HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists HTTP/#.# 200 *PostNuke (#.*)*</plugin_procedure_detection>
<plugin_detection_accuracy>80</plugin_detection_accuracy>
<plugin_comment>Check is copied from the Nessus plugin (see Nessus ID listed in the sources).</plugin_comment>
<bug_produced_name>Postnuke</bug_produced_name>
<bug_produced_email>info at postnuke dot com</bug_produced_email>
<bug_produced_web>http://www.postnuke.com</bug_produced_web>
<bug_affected>PostNuke</bug_affected>
<bug_not_affected>Other solutions</bug_not_affected>
<bug_vulnerability_class>Configuration</bug_vulnerability_class>
<bug_description>The remote host is running PostNuke, a web content manager written in PHP. See http://www.postnuke.com for more information.</bug_description>
<bug_solution>The server should be deactivated or de-installed if not necessary. To make it harder to find the server the daemon could be configured to listen at another port (e.g. 8081). Try to prevent unwanted connection attempts by filtering traffic with firewalling. Alternation of the application banner can confuse an attacker and let him determine the wrong software.</bug_solution>
<bug_fixing_time>Approx. 2 hours</bug_fixing_time>
<bug_exploit_availability>Yes</bug_exploit_availability>
<bug_remote>Yes</bug_remote>
<bug_local>Yes</bug_local>
<bug_severity>Medium</bug_severity>
<bug_popularity>6</bug_popularity>
<bug_simplicity>6</bug_simplicity>
<bug_impact>7</bug_impact>
<bug_risk>6</bug_risk>
<bug_nessus_risk>None</bug_nessus_risk>
<bug_check_tool>Nessus is able to do a similar check.</bug_check_tool>
<source_nessus_id>15721</source_nessus_id>
<source_literature>Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427</source_literature>
<source_misc>http://www.postnuke.com</source_misc>